Ironing-board



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J. DELANEY.

IRONING-BOABD. No. 317,932. Patented May 12, 1885.

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UNTTED STATES PATENT ()FFICE.

JOSEPH DELANEY, OF ASHLAND, PENNSYLVANIA.

IRONING-BOARD.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 317,932, dated May 12,1885.

Application filed April 26, 1884.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOSEPH DELANEY, a citizen of the United States ofAmerica, residing at Ashland, in the county of Schuylkill and State ofPennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inIroning- Boards; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full,clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enableothers skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use thesame, reference'being to had to the accompanying drawings, and'toletters or figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part ofthis specification.

My invention relates to ironing-boards; and it consists in theimprovements hereinafter fully described, and pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, Figurel is a perspective view,and Fig.2 a side view,of an ironing-boardembracing my invention. Fig. 3 is an end view of my improvedironing-board, looking in the direction of the arrow, Fig. 2; and Fig.

4 is an inverted plan view of a portion of the ironing-board andstandard.

A B are two supporting-standards provided with the base-sections G. Thestandard A carries at its upper extremity the metallic plate a, which isprovided with a hinge, b, which is secured to the lower side of the rearprojecting portion of the ironing-board D.

The upper extremity of the standard B is cut away to form a tongue, (1,adapted to enter a recess in the front of the ironing-board D, saidrecess being formed by depressed plate 0, sunk into the under side ofsaid ironingboard.

A metallic plate, f, having an upper edge of a width equal to the widthof the front portion of the ironing-board, is secured on the upper frontface of the standard B, so that the upper edge of said plate willsupport the ironing-board when it occupies the position most clearlyillustrated in Figs. 1 and 2.

The upper edge of the plate a is of a width equal to the width of theironing-board D, so

as to afford a proper bearing for the said ironing-board at its rear.

Braces F and G connect and support the standards A B at each sidethereof.

A foot-lever, H, is pivoted at one end to the (No model.)

base 0 of the standard B, and said lever has centrally attached theretothe end of a cord or cable, g,which passes through slots h therefor inthe standards A B, and is finally attached on the rear under side of theironingboard D.

By locating the lever H at the front of the structure the attendant mayby depressing the same exert a traction of the cable 9, pulling the rearend of the board D downward and elevating the front end thereof, thusenabling a shirt or other garment to be placed thereon for the ironingprocess. By removing the foot from the leverH the front portion of theboard D will drop back in position, the tongue d'of the standard Bengaging the recess of the depressed plate e, and preventing lateralmovement of theironing-board D from the standard B. By providing thedepressed plate 6 abearing for the tongue d is secured, which willresist great strain and prevent the tongue from splitting theironing-board.

By arranging the plate a as described the same may be readily cast so asto permit the hinged connection of the plate a thereto, and at the sametime afford a bearing for the rear of the ironing-board D beyond thesides of the standard A.

A sad-iron bracket, I, is pivotally attached on the under side of theboard D, on the rear thereof, and is adapted to be swung out from theside of the board to support a sad-iron.

By providing vertical marginal flanges L for the bracket 1, and locatingsaid bracket near the rear of the board, as described, the front portionof the board may be elevated to a considerable extent without incliningthe brackets I sufficiently to throw the iron there from.

I claim 1. The combination,in an ironingboard, of a supporting-frameconsisting in part of the standards A B, the standard A having securedat the upper rear face the plate a, extending from each side thereof andprovided with a hinge, b, an ironing-board, D, connected to saidstandards A B, and a foot-lever pivoted to the supporting-frame andconnected to the rear of the ironing-board, substantially as described.

2. The combination,in an ironingboard, of

a supporting-frame consisting in part of the standards A B, the standardA having secured at the upper rear face the plate a, extending from eachside thereof and provided with a hinge b, a tongue, cl, formed on thestandard B, an ironing-board, D, connected to connected to the rear ofthe ironing-board, 10 substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

. .irosEPH DELANEY.

said standard A and having a depressed se- Vitncsses: curing-plate, e,to engage said tongue, and a WM LEVY, foot-1ever pivoted to thesupporting-frame and 1 XV. PEPPER.

